Fishing-reel



L. BENSON.

FISHING REEL- APPLICATION FILED OCT. 21. 1919.

1,351,549, Patented Aug. 31, 1920.

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A TTORNEY- Z unrrsn STATES PATENT OFFICE.

. LAWRENCE BENSON, OEKOKOMO, INJ'JIANA.

FISHING-REEL.

' Specification of Letters Patent.-

Application filed October 21, 1919. Serial No. 332,160.

To' all whom it may concern:

.Be it known that I, LAWRENCE BENsoN, a. citizen of the United States, and a resident of Kokomo, county of Howard, and State of Indiana, have invented a certain new. an useful Fishing-Reel and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being'had to usual distance.

Another feature of the invention is the ar- 1 rangenient of said mounting so as to adapt the reel for different varieties of fishing. In one condition of the mounting it'is adapted for long distance casting, and in another condition of mounting there is greater resistbeing ance to the rotation of the reel, suitable for certain types of fish and for trolling. In another condition of the mounting the reel-is locked against rotation, which adapts it for. still different types of fishing and for trolls in where one wishes a locked reel.

he full nature of thisinvention will be understood from the accompanying draw ings and the following description and claims.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a plan view of the reel and a portion of the rodwith which it is connecte Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the reel. Fig. 3, is a central longitudinal section through the mounting of the reel,

parts being broken away and the mounting shown so that the. reel is retarded by a ree of friction for certain ig. 4 is a reproduction of the reasonable de types of fish.

. portion of Fig. 3 showing the reel locked.

' described.

In the drawings there. is shown a rod 10 with the usual bands 11 for mounting in connection with the rod the reel hereafter The reel has the usual shank 12 which is l secured to the rod by the bands 11 and-from -which a cvlindrical shoulder 13' extends e which spindle 14. This spindle to size, relative to each screw is screwed in farther,

has a cylindrical portion adjacent its attachment to the shoulder 13, and has a threaded outer end 15 relatively long and an intermediate relatively short square pord tion 16..

The reel proper has a reel plate 20 from which reel forks 21 extend radiall and to some of them finger pieces or hand es 22 extend at right angles 'for the actuation or rotation of the reel. The reel plate'is secured by the screws 23 to the hub 24 which fits on the round portion of the spindle 14', and its inner end is recessed so as to provide the flange 25 which overhangs the end of the shoulder 13, to prevent the line or any other object at any time wedging between the' parts 13 and 24,

On the square portion 16 of the spindle parts constituting practically a brake are mounted, consisting of a felt washer bearlng against the reel plate 20, and a metal washer 31 hearing against the outer side of the felt washer for forcing the felt washer against the reel'plate 20. The metal washer has a square aperture that snugly fits the square portion 16 of the spindle to prevent the rotation of the washer 31. A set screw' f 32 is screwed on the threaded portion 15 of the spindle and it has a relatively long inwardly extending, sleeve 33 recessed so that Patented Aug. 31, 1920,

it will not engage. or interlock the square I portion 16 of the spindle when screwed in to its limit. The spiral s ring 34 surrounds the sleeve 33 and lies behind the nut 32 and the friction washer 31 in position to force' said washer and the felt washer 30 against the reel plate20.

The parts are so formed and arranged as set sore the spind e,

and create therewith not suflicient friction to prevent tion to stop the reel atthe end of the cast and prevent any back lash. When the set position shown in Fig. 3,.it will create relatively small resistance 'to casting and-.yet prevents any back lash.

The extent of the friction action against the reel is adjusted according to the bait used and the distance it is desired to cast,

for instance the other, that when the 32 is at its outermost position onk the spring 34 will only slightly. press the felt washer against the reel plate a very long cast, but sufficient fric-' 1%;

the rotation of the -reel, but still permits the reel satisfactory when flies the friction. should be slighter,.

and withheavier bait thefriction should be greater. The result is, with this simple arrangement long distance casting is permitted with any kind of bait and back'lash is prevented as successfully as with the reels equipped with devices for preventin j the back lash, and this constitutesthe chie feature of this invention.

For trolling the frictional resistance is increased materially and for some kinds of fishing. the reel is locked by screwing the nut 32 in until the sleeve 33 engages the washer 31 and. locks the parts rigidly .on the spindle. Since the spiral spring 34 surrounds the sleeve 33 and the sleeve 33 is large enough to extend over and not interfere with the squared portion of the spindle, such action of the sleeve is permitted. Thus it is seen that this simple form of reel construction is adapted for any kind of fishing and preventing back lash.

In the preferred combination of my in; vention I have shown the reel forks as integral members and rigidly and radially "secured to the reel plate 20 by suitable means. Should the reel fork 21 become broken this construction permits {of {,its replace with relative ease, and at a very little cost and does not necessitate the replacement of the entire reel plate, as would be the case if the same were cast integral.

The invention claimed is:

1. A fishing reel including a spindle having a shoulder at one end thereof and with the outer end threaded and an intermediate angular portion, a reel plate, a hub mounted onthe round portion of said spindle with one end bearing against said'shoulder and with the other end secured to said plate, a yielding Washer with an angular opening mounted on the angular portion of said spindle and engaging the outer side of said plate, a nut on the threaded end of said spindle with an inwardly extending sleeve recessed so that when the nut is. screwed inwardly it will not engage the angular portion of said spindle, and a spiral spring surrounding said sleevewith one end bearing against the nut and the other end bearing against said washer.

2. A fishing reel including a spindle with a shoulder atthe inner end thereof, and with the. outer end thereof threaded, a reel plate, radially extending reel forks on said reel plate, an elongated spacing hub secured .to one side of said reelplate and mounted on said spindle, the free end of said hub being recessed to incloseand engage said shoulder, a friction washer loosely mounted on said spindle and having one face frictionally engaging the other side of the reel plate, a metal washer mounted on said spindle and bearing against the other face of said friction washer, a spring surrounding said spindle with its inner end. bearing against said metal washer, and a nut on the threaded end of spindle for adjusting the tension of said sprin i v 3. g fishing reel including a spindle with a shoulder thereon and with the outer end thereof exteriorly threaded, and an intermemounted on the round portion of the spindle with one end of the hub engaging said shoulder, said hub being secured to said plate, a friction washenwith an angular 75 opening mounted on theangular portion of said spindle and frictionally engaging the reel plate, a spring surrounding said spin dle with itsvinner end bearing against said i portion adapted to telescope said angular 85 portion of said spindle to directly engage the friction washer to lock the reel for still fishing when said nut is at the inner limit of movement of the spindle.

In witness whereof I have hereunto aflixed 90 my signature,

LAWRENCE BENSON.

diate angular portion, a reel plate, a hub 

